Book Dealers World Winter 2021

Book Dealers World Vol. 43 No. 1 Winter 2021

National Association of Book Entrepreneurs

IN THIS ISSUE 5 Ways To Collaborate with Other Authors

by Sandra Beckwith

Why Every Author and Publisher Needs A Blog

by Amy Harrop

Do Book Awards Matter?

by Jordan Ring

Using "Tipping Point" Concepts To Market Your Book

By Sophfronia Scott

5 Tips To Magnetize Your Web Site

By A.G. Fredricks

Publisher’s Profile Book Dealers Diary Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman on one of her many exciting worldwide adventures . She is the author of “Four-Legged Heroes’, an inspiring book about canine courage. Read her fascinating story on Page 3.

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BOOK DEALERS WORLD

Editor’s

Our 41st Year

ISSN 1098-8521

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NABE P.O. Box 606 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 541-942-7455

Dear Friends, 2021 is finally here. With the new year comes increased hope for an end to this horrible pandemic that is affecting the entire planet.

The new vaccines are here and hopefully soon things will get better.

Businesses will reopen safely and people will return to work. This past year will be one we will never forget. Let’s hope in 2021 we can turn a new page for America and replace fighting with compassion and understanding for the problems of all our citizens. Peace, prosperity and the freedom to enjoy everyday pleasures is what we all want. Let’s make this happen in 2021.

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Executive Director Al Galasso Associate Director Ingrid Crawford

This issue of BDW spotlights our Fall 2020 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winners, honoring many of our great members and their fine books. Reading is a great way to get your mind off all these terrible problems and whisk you away to new worlds of enjoyment and fun. See pages 22 to 25 for a list of the award winning books. Check out some of our wonderful entries and new authors today. Make a little time for reading each day.

Our first trade show of the coming year will be a Virtual one, the Oregon Library Assn. Show. The rest of the associations have not decided on doing an actual show or going virtual, or doing both. We hope to find out their plans in the coming months.

If you have not joined NABE yet, you can sign up on page 17 and check out the many money saving benefits, including Pinnacle Book Achievement Award eligibility.

Hope the New Year brings all of us health, happiness and good news about the end of this virus. Stay in touch with your friends and family.

Al Galasso, NABE

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MVP has written a Pinnacle Book Achievement award winning book, “Four Legged Heroes: The Mama Magina Books.” The book presents three incredible stories that will transport you into a world of canine courage, endurance, bravery and fortitude, which can only be called nothing less than miraculous.

PUBLISHER’S PROFILE

Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman Author of “Four Legged Heroes: The Mama Magina Books” Mary Virginia McCormick PittmanWaller is a humanitarian and conservationist as well as an author. Affectionately known as “MVP” to her friends, she is a sixthgeneration Texan, who lives by a proverb that says, “Treat the Earth not as if it were given to you by your parents, but as if it were lent to you by your children.”

Mary Virginia McCormick Pittman Virginia, her oldest daughter, remembers traveling with her across the country and abroad for an intimate view of wildlife.

On her first trip with her parents to Hawaii when she was 5 and her sister was 2, they toured five of the islands, learning about turtles from their mother and became “junior scientists gathering data.”

MVP has made more than 30 trips to far-off locations, including Kenya As her girls grew older, Mary and Namibia, and has worked with Virginia encouraged them to learn scientists in their conservation how to sustain a habitat. They projects. She's worked with the visited the Franklin Park Zoo in international nonprofit Earthwatch Boston for an overnight stay to Institute, dedicated to frontline study the animal residents. environmental research around the globe. Mary Viriginia has dog And at home, there was always a sledded in minus-zero-degree menagerie of refugees and strays. temperatures in the mountains above Yellowstone Park for a close “It was animals, animals, more view of elk and bison. animals and marine life,” Virginia said. “It's your family legacy, so “I want to be a contributor to life on you appreciate and treasure it; you Earth, to other people, as well as sense their passion and you make my own family,” she said. “And that it your own. It doesn't feel like includes our animals on this you're being taught something extraordinary planet.” because you're experiencing it as a family.”

Her parents, Leah Merle Williams Pittman and Dr. James Edward And now she's passing the family Pittman, raised her to respect legacy to her 3½-year-old nature and the need for animals to granddaughter, Leah. When she move freely. She passed those asked Leah why they should save beliefs, to her two daughters, animals, Mary said she replied, Virginia and Victoria.

“Because it's the right thing to do.”

The book includes the true story of an Arctic “mushing” experience, and you will never look at the husky in the same way again. Their demonstration of courage and barvery beyond imagination can only be attributed to the genetically imbued spirit of the wolf. The story of the 1925 Iditarod Race of Mercy is told in a unique way that will allow you to feel the arctic wind on your face and the husky’s warm breath and to hear the musher yell “Gee!” Animal lovers will be brought to tears, and new fans of the husky will be created for life. These are stories that are adventurous, heartwarming and never to be forgotten.

Here are some Amazon reviews of “Four-Legged Heroes” “This is one awesome book! Great reading whether you are 9 or 99.

Exciting, historical, educational and informative,” Judy Stice.

“This book is a wonderful read not only for children, but for adults also.

It tells us there are people who will help others no matter what the odds are. The illustrations are beautiful.” Don Basile.

For more information on MVP and “Four-Legged Heroes,” send an email to mvp.texas@yahoo.com Hardcover copies of this wonderful book make beautiful gifts for the whole family.

Dealer and wholesale inquiries are invited.

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Target Your Book or Product to Thousands of Bookstores, Libraries, Mail Order Firms, Online Catalogs, Educational Buyers and more at the NABE Book Showcase Exhibits • Save 90% on Trade Show Costs • Attractive Face Our Display • Professional Sales Staff • Follow Up Leads Mailed to You Here's Your Opportunity to give your book, audio/video tape or other product exposure to the book market, library field, mail order arena, media outlets, and internet book buyers at a cost you can afford. The average trade show booth now rents for $1800 and up. That doesn't include tables, carpeting, lighting, union labor, drayage service, book racks, airfare, shipping, car expenses, meals, hotel bills, etc.

You could spend more than $3500 on just one exhibit alone. By becoming a part of the NABE Book Showcase Exhibits, you can have your books on display for less than 10% of what it would cost to exhibit your books yourself.

Our NABE BOOK SHOWCASE EXHIBITS are different from any exhibiting service. Your book is displayed face-out within a special subject category, such as Health, Cooking, Children's Interest, etc. Only 50 to 100 books are displayed in each show so your book is not buried amidst thousands of titles. Then, a professional sales staff, full of enthusiasm and warmth, who also speak Spanish and French, greet potential buyers. We take time to get to know you and your book. We pass out your flyers and send you the names of all the buyers who visited us so you can follow up on potential orders.

Our NABE BOOK SHOWCASE EXHIBITS are bright, well-decorated, and colorful. We offer drawings, free gifts and giveaways to increase booth traffic. A few years ago, a publisher who had placed her book in 3 different combined exhibits in the same show, told us that after visiting the other two places, she couldn't believe all the buyers and the activity that was taking place at the NABE Booth. Authors are encouraged to make an appearance at shows if they wish. Even if you cannot attend any of the shows, you can be assured your book will be shown to all potential buyers. We are unlike any exhibiting service you have ever used. This is our 40th successful year of showcasing books, experience you can count on!

Oregon Library Assn Show Virtual Exhibit April 21-24th 2021 Reach public and academic libraries from all over Oregon in this popular annual event. Expose your book not only to librarians but to hundreds of potential buyers who will see your book for the first time and then wish to purchase it for themselves or as a gift.

gggg California Book Trade Show South San Francisco, California Sept. 2021 This energetic book show draws booksellers from areas with the highest per-capita book sales in the country. Bookstore owners, large chain stores, major book distributors, and more will be attending from all over California, and Nevada as well. These stores are looking for new titles and authors and will help promote your title to their buyers. Make certain your book is displayed to this great audience!

gggg Pacific NW Booksellers Show Tacoma, Washington October 2021 Reach thousands of book stores, book distributors, wholesalers, libraries, young adult bookstores, and a wide range of book buyers from all over Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Northern California. Many of these booksellers are seeking independently published titles on a variety of different topics including children's books, fiction, non-fiction, how-to, self-help and much more. This show gets bigger every year.

gggg Washington Library Assn. Show Spokane, Washington

October 2021 Showcase your books, audios, videos and more in one of the largest library market shows of the year. You can sell direct to libraries and pocket more profits. Or, you can help your distributor sell more books with this exposure to librarians from all over Washington, Idaho and other neighboring states.

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Here's What You Receive at the N.A.B.E. BOOK SHOWCASE EXHIBITS.... g YOUR BOOK will be displayed faceout in its own special category section with a friendly, professional Tri-Lingual (Spanish, French & English) Sales Staff attending. We also showcase CDs, and DVD’s. You do not have to attend any show unless you wish to. g YOUR BOOK will be featured in our NABE BOOK SHOWCASE CATALOG, which will be passed out free to buyers at each show with your web site info. g 25 of YOUR BOOK PROMOTION FLYERS will be placed beside your book.

When a buyer expresses interest in your title, a flyer will be handed out. If additional flyers are needed, they will be xeroxed at the show. g Once you sign up, you'll receive the Free Report: How to Get The Max From A Show. It gives you tips on how to design order-pulling flyers and what to put on them, ways to attract more customers, best follow-up methods, and much more. g A SPECIAL PARTICIPANT PACKAGE will be e-mailed to you, approximately 2 weeks after the Showcase, containing the list of buyers for follow up.

They will be sent both in Adobe Reader PDF Format as well as in Ascii Text so they can be imported into any database.

Plus, you will receive a Show Report. If you prefer, the names & report can be sent by regular mail.

EXTRA BONUS When You Sign Up For 3 or More Shows FREE COPY of Al Galasso’s Success Secrets of Self-Publishers CD

What Past Exhibitors Have Said About Our Service: “Thanks for putting me in touch with the distributor you spoke with at the show. We have a deal to put copies of the novels in two Portland Costco Warehouse stores, and in the Eugene Costco.

I'll do a book signing in all three stores. If that goes well, and I'm confident that it will, there is a great opportunity to expand into other Costco stores, Wal-Mart and the big box book stores. It looks like the book show exposure paid off.

Rod Collins “You and Ingrid did a superb NABE job at the California Library Association Trade Show. We appreciated how well you displayed "Grandpa Grouper, The Fish With Glasses' and steered children¹s book buyers to us. Thank you. Grandpa Grouper sold out! It pays to join NABE and I highly recommend participating in your trade show program."

Don Arends "I just received a call from a gift store in California, whose owner told me that she saw our book at the NABE Book Showcase Exhibit. She proceeded to order every book and label in our line. This one account certainly paid for our exhibit fee, and we expect much repeat business.”

Cheryl Long, Culinary Arts, Ltd. "We consider your showing of our books at the NABE Book Showcase to be a success. So far, we've received five solid wholesale contracts and are in the process of securing some large orders.”

M. Waters, Mutual Press "Al, thanks for the leads from the last trade show.

The first five I contacted remembered my book and also taking the flyer you handed out. Four out of five already ordered for their libraries. You did a great job representing my book. I am very pleased with your service."

Joan Shih

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3. Create and sell an e-book bundle I often reach a point where I’ve looked at that book description, anor box set. nouncement press release, or landBundles with books from multiple ing page so many times that I can’t authors sell well on Amazon be- be objective. Another author can I’m collaborating to create things, cause they give genre or topic fans point out missing details, confusing but collaborations can serve many an opportunity to “sample” several language, or boring text. purposes. Authors can collaborate new authors at a cost that’s less with other authors in a myriad of than buying each book individually. Nothing is too small for this review. ways that help all parties move forSwap services for proofreading busiward.

Novelists can collaborate with others ness cards, evaluating bookmarks in their niche, while nonfiction au- or postcards, even checking over Here are five ways to work together thors should focus on topics. If Amazon keywords. Don’t compete, with other authors to create a winyou’ve got a collection of Instant Pot collaborate! win situation. recipes, for example, look for other authors with Instant Pot cookbooks. Instead of seeing another author in 1. Email book news to each other’s The author of a book about how to your niche as a competitor, view that email lists. write a book might look for authors person as a potential collaborator. who have written books on other Find another author in your genre aspects of publishing, such as self- Benefits of taking a collaborative, and offer to send book announcerather than competitive, approach publishing and marketing. ments to each other’s mailing lists. include: 4. Support one another on social Reaching more of the right readers media.

If you have at least 200 names on than you can on your own. Potentialyour list, take this “refer a book” Every once in awhile, one of my ly discovering a new way of looking process up a few notches by joining most favorite people who just hap- at your topic or genre. Reducing the Books Go Social “Army of Aupens to be an author will email me author isolation. thors” mailing list program. After joinwith a request to help her share ing, you’ll occasionally be offered special news related to one of her These are all good things, right? Be books in your genre to promote to open to the possibilities that could books. your list. You can decide which ones come your way when you collaboyou do or don’t promote. You have It might be a milestone number of rate with other authors. control over that. Participating aureader reviews, a pre-order camthors are rewarded. paign, or a particularly significant Looking for someone to partner with? Join the Build Book Buzz Facemedia hit.

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Give each other access to your beta reader networks. Better yet, partner to create a shared group of beta readers you can both turn to when you’re ready for feedback. Make it official with a group name, a sign-up page that details expectations, and a dedicated mailing list you use to share information and offer books.

Find a couple of author buddies you can count on to do this for you, too.

5. Review your marketing materials before they’re finalized.

An author friend does this for me. I can’t underestimate the value fresh eyes and a good brain bring to the project.

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Mardi Harjo Christian Faith Publishing Email: mardiseven1@gmail.com Web: www.christianfaithpublishing.com

Through the biblical lens, this confrontational disclosure of fallen man's spiritual depravity clarifies that the solution for humankind's self-defeating behavioral lockdown has never inherently resided within ourselves. Yet sinful man from Genesis 3 forward has relentlessly pursued replacing a holy God with himself, producing ongoing tragic consequences. Truly, Heaven can only be realized by God's grace through faith in Christ's forgiveness of sin and atoning sacrifice on man's behalf.

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Sheila Kovach Christian Faith Publishing PO Box 220 Cora, WY 82925 Phone: 307-421-5635 E-Mail: skinthewinds@gmail.com

These 40 short stories are a fictional reflection of the day to day stories that anyone can be experiencing as they walk the daily walk of life. Set in a park the author says Hello to fellow walkers, and their response is what created these very interesting stories. Haven't you ever passed someone and wondered "What's their story". Each story has a thought provoking idea or lesson.

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Rev. Dr. Mushtaq H. Jaafri, Mushtaq Publishing Company 919 Sonora Ct. San Dimas, CA 91773-1488 Phone 909-344-0167 E-Mail: mushtaqjaafri@gmail.com Web Site: http://www.godconnectionstory.com

The Corona Virus has prompted most American believers to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives. But the author of this new book sees a much bigger message in the virus. He believes that it is the ego’s power that started it to discredit God and only the power of God can change our fate. Based on the author’s knowledge that he has experienced for fortyplus years. Amazing secret revealed. Results guaranteed. For your Free Report, send your e-mail today or write directly to the author.

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Richard A Pazasis Page Publishing 320 Water Street Conneaut, PA 16316 Phone: 866-315-2708 E-Mail: rap-authorconsultant@charter.net www.pagepublishing.com

Guide To Becoming An Effective Manager is both a valuable college textbook and off-the-shelf self-help guide for those wishing to develop and perfect leadership and management skills, as well as to help employees successfully meet the mission and goals of their employer while at the same time being fulfilled in their jobs.

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Ana (Anica Letic) Austin Macauley 143-2440 Bromsgrove Rd. Mississauga Ontario L5J 4J7 Canada Phone 905-916-1473 E-Mail mikiandmaki@hotmail.ca

This is My Home is an apotheosis to Planet Earth. It is a glorification of its diverse habitats and beauty of lands, rivers, and oceans. It is a reminder of what we have. Earth is an enchanted Eden that we do not have time to recognize, or we take it for granted and ignore it. We must save our home, Planet Earth, for us, future generations, and for everyone.

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Solara Vayanian Winged Fire Productions 1391 Paseo Grande Corona, CA 92882 Phone: 949-892-8099 E-Mail: timedancers88@gmail.com Web: http://www.wingedfireproductions.com

Anna Asaro has memories and skillsets that aren’t from this time. Alive in Los Angeles in 1972 she finds herself caught in a web of sexual and psychological abuse. Making her way through conflicts and challenges, she uses memory knowledge, a traveling dance career and the challenging man of her heart to break free.

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J. Stewart Willis 2600 Barracks Rd Apt.271 Charlottsville, VA 22901 Phone: 434-244-0352 E-Mail: jstewartwillis7@gmail.com Web Site www.jsetwartwillisbooks.com

When the President-elect dies three days after the Presidential Election gives him a narrow victory with 272 Electoral Votes, the nation is thrown into Constitutional chaos. His party selects a replacement but three faithless electors, one honest and two bribed, throw the election into the House of Representatives which deadlocks. With no President, the sitting President refuses to leave. Read the excitement and the resolution.

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Jane Blomstrand 1756 Cole Avenue #401 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone 925-498-8048 E-Mail: bloomie8@pacbell.net Web Site: www.MeetThePrincipal.com

Almost all of us have experience with school, either as a student, a parent or maybe a teacher. But few have experienced school as a principal. Meet the Principal: My Journey Beyond the Curriculum is a collection of a principal’s true stories. Some are funny, some sad, some may surprise you, and some may touch your heart. When you put them together hopefully you will experience school beyond the curriculum.

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Alice Weil Austin Macauley Bergstr.54A Kusnacht 8700 Switzerland E-Mail: aliceweil@aol.com www.aliceweil.ampb.com

In 1990 Alice Weil was Kidnapped in Colombia and held captive in a dark windowless cell for 269 days. She tells the story of how she found the resources hidden deep inside her to survive captivity. In sharing her story she wishes to give all those who might encounter a similar situation a ray of hope.

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Susan Robertson Page Publishing PO Box 470 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Telephone: 405-706-3704 E-Mail: larruping@aol.com Web: Facebook & Parier

My husband was Dale Robertson a very famous and talented actor who starred in many films. Mostly in the 1950’s. Also starred in Western Series during the golden era of the TV Western, one of the most popular genres ever produced for the small screen. One of the most popular was Tales of Wells Fargo that Dale starred in every episode. Starred in The Iron Horse, Death Valley Days. etc. New, updated edition.

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Msgr. Dennis M. Regan Christian Faith Publishing 52 Rocky Point Rd. Middle Island, NY 11953 Phone: 631-521-6995 E-Mail: pbmm@juno.com Web: www.amazon.com All are Five Star REVIEWS: "Not just keeping the rules, but co-creators with God of a redeemed but unfinished world!" 'That is the true Catholic excitement and JOY of our lives...' We believe in the flexibility and humanity of the Church...compassion and empathy... 'Is it the right of you or me or any power on earth to set the timetable for another's liberation into God?...' "A marvelous book!" "A terrific, welcoming volume about Catholicism!"

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Judy DuCharme Ambassador International 11723 Tipperary Lane Elison Bay, WI 54210 Phone: 920-421-0788 E-Mail: judyducharme7@gmail.com Web: https://judyducharme.com

Walk into the world of Door County’s islands in the late 1800s, a time of shipwrecks, lighthouses, and strong individuals who never gave up. Lainey grows into one of those rugged individuals as she faces tragedy and hardship. Her aunt and uncle, lighthouse keepers on tiny Pilot Island, demonstrate the toughness to survive, but Lainey adds spunk, grace, and humor to become a shining light to all those around her.

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Bob Gebelein 18 Hawthorne Drive Durham, NC 27712 Phone 919-382-9439 E-Mail dirtyscience2@gmail.com Web Site: https://dirtyscience.net

Our academic establishment is dominated by the belief that there is no reality beyond the physical. Academic people who study the psychic or the spiritual are ridiculed, shunned, and ostracized. This destroys academic freedom and severely limits our cultural knowledge. DIRTY SCIENCE exposes this corruption in our accredited academic institutions.

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Solara Vayanian Winged Fire Productions 1391 Paseo Grande Corona, CA 92882 Phone: 949-892-8099 E-Mail: timedancers88@gmail.com Web: http://www.wingedfireproductions.com

Night Flower is a guide providing insights into the damaging effects of abuse and trauma along with holistic, practical tools to release, rebalance and heal. It delves into the deeper wounding of the human heart and spirit that bear the brunt of trauma. The author offers a new way of looking at such difficulties, providing pathways out of victim consciousness, pain and anger into the possibility and necessity of healing.

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B.A.Vonsik Celestial Fury Publishing 5617 Rocking Horse Rd Orlando FL 32817 Phone 407-252-0341 E-Mail po@primevalorigins.com Web Site www.primevalorigins.com

A new kind of Epic Science Fantasy Saga - Winner of 32 Awards! Book One in this epic revealing of mankind’s ancient origins and the coming of our End of Days. Join Nikki, a scientist with her life turned upside-down running from forces unknown as she learns through the memories of the Horsemen our undiscovered history filled with terrible tyrannies, brutal beasts, ancient gods, and heroic hearts, answering the question, What if all of our myths and legends are true?"

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Do Book Awards Matter?

by Jordan Ring

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Book Dealers Diary In Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road by Anthony Lee Head, free-spirited Americans fleeing mundane and disappointing lives head south in search of a fresh start. When they end up in Playa Paraiso,a lush, unspoiled beach town on Mexico’s idyllic Caribbean coast, they discover the hedonistic and unpredictable world of the tropics. The book’s interwoven vignettes explore the heart’s tug of war between the need for a place to call home and the desire for the freedom to roam. For more info, visit www.anthonyleehead.com Chasing the Invisible by Thomas by Thomas Grogan, MD, combines the suspense of a spy novel with the education and scientific insight of a medical mystery thriller, all wrapped in a dramatic business story. In addition to revealing the detective work of medicine and its impact on physicians and patients, Chasing the Invisible features a colorful cast of Wall Street investment bankers, venture capitalists and the titans of a giant multinational company out to acquire the missing puzzle piece necessary to ensure the next phase of life-saving innovation.

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5 Tips to Magnetize Your Book Web Site With Benefits

by A.G. Fredricks Would you like to create a magnetic home page, one that magnetizes your visitors? Webster's Dictionary defines magnetic as 'powerfully attractive.' Best selling author and owner of the largest advertising agency in the 20s, Bruce Barton said, "The theme (any advertisement) ought to be based on two principles-first that a man is interested in himself, second, that he is interested in other people."

What will make your home page interesting? Good design plays an important part in your site's overall effectiveness. But it's not the flash that will interest your audience. It's not the jingles that will connect with your visitor. It's the benefits - the 'what's in it for me' list that create interest and even desire. Create a home page filled with benefits and it will pull your visitors in. What you say your product/service can do is much more attractive than a beautiful web page with weak copy.

Promote with benefits instead of your bio, your credentials and even the features of your product/service.

Put them in their proper place on your site. But your audience will most want to know the value of your product to them.

You must answer questions like, "Will it solve my particular problem?"

"What will I gain?" "What will I lose if I don't use your service?" Some universal benefits answer the how tos: getting more passion, more energy, less fatigue, more money, good relationships, more time, less trouble, less stress, less drama and trauma.

Here's a quick tutorial on magnetizing your home page:

1. Develop a list of 10-20 benefits of each product and service. For example, a client of mine realized her audience didn't just want to know how to get articles written, they wanted to know why should they write them?

They throw out the baited hook and reel a captive audience in every time.

The shocking statement 'Wives Who Don't Want Sex' even if they don't have this problem will get the attention of the curious.

Use the Command statement for an immediate effect, 'Become an InterSo on the home page selling her net Millionaire!" Even if it's a well article writing ebook, she started worn claim, it still captures a large with a list of good reasons to write share of attention. Don't forget the short articles to promote: For the power of the simple 'How To" inforserious marketer this ebook explains mation title. It alerts your audience step by step how to promote your that the information that follows will business, build a gigantic Opt-In List, be simple and easy to digest. Capincrease your traffic, get qualified ture the attention of your audience links, increase your page rank, grow with a home page filled with magnetyour affiliate base, become a recog- ic headlines. nized expert, and collar more sales.

5. Give your links the power of benefits. We have added magnetic pulling 2. Be specific. List specific benefits. power to our bulleted list, headlines, Describe how your customer will feel and titles. It's all good. But there's after buying your product. For exam- one more area that will give your ple, after you buy my service of teeth home page even more pulling power. whitening, you'll look and feel 10 I got this tip from Allen Says' "The years younger without plastic sur- War Report." Many unseasoned site gery. Then post a picture of what owners create links that say things your client looks like before and after like, "Get your FREE ebook here!" or the teeth whitening service. Let them "Sign-up for our FREE ezine!" see how happier and more confident they look with whiter teeth. Make When first exposed to this tip, all I your page magnetic with specific could say was, "Ouch!" I know my sites were filled with links like that. benefits.

Perhaps we thought the magic word 3. Let the passion for your topic was FREE and people would autoshow in your marketing copy. Which matically click on it and download. arouses your interest more? "A 9- The truth is 'Free ezine" tells our Step Power Plan to decimate and audiences nothing. Impart life to all dominate the Consultant's Market- your links with benefits. Those left place" or "The 9-Step Plan to Be- over benefits and titles you develcome a Better Consultant." "How to oped earlier in this article. Review Convert More Buyers Into Custom- each link and pretend you have to ers" or "How to use the 'FTP' factor get every visitor to click on it. to pull amazing clickthrough rates that most marketers will only dream Don't wait. If you wait you could be about!" Magnetize your web page starting the next year without the with passion that creates desire and explosive sales and traffic your site deserves. You have invested time sales with your audience. and perhaps money into making 4. Develop the skill of writing head- your site the best it can be. Now, lines. Provocative titles will stir inter- create a magnetic home page by est. Provocative statements capture giving your bulleted lists, headlines and links the power of benefits. Magour attention like a fish on a hook. netize your home page and prosper!

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8 Super Selling Things To Do Before You Write Your Book Sales Letter

by A.G. Fredricks Every marketing campaign should begin with a plan. Sales letters are no different. No plan and you may miss the mark of High Sales you are aiming for.

Set a roadmap that you can follow to explosive sales every time with every ebook. Focus and aim your sales letter with these 8 preparation tips. Then get ready to sell more than you dreamed: 1. Write a list of frequently asked questions for your ebook.

3. Write down what your up 8. Go look at your competitor's sales page. sell offers or possibilities are.

Examine their FAQs (see if you missed any), what are their bonus gifts, what is their guarantee, what is their up sell, if any?

I made this step last so you wouldn't be tempted to just be a copy cat. But you can use your competitor's sales pitch as a measuring stick. How did you measure up? Did you whiz 4. Write a list of Benefit Bullets. past; leaving them in a cloud of dust? Or did you miss a few What do they get will they expe- things that you will now add rience upon purchasing this after examining their pages? product, what will this product Preparation for your super give them. sales maker will give you the competitive edge you have 5. Make a list of bonus gifts. been looking for. Put these Select bonus gifts before you steps into place before you write the sales letter. This way even write your sales letter and you can include the benefits in sell more. Enjoy the journey your sales message as a part and life is made easier. of your product.

This is where a lot of small business professionals miss out.

They fail to create up sell offers.

Create your up sell offers and opportunities before you even write your sales letter so that they can be woven into your back end pages and sales messages.

You want to make sure you pin point what your prospects and visitors are looking for and then give it to them. Find out what their burning questions are and then answer them in your sales copy and product. Before you write the benefits of your prod- 6. Develop your guarantee. ucts you need to know the prob- Think about it? A lot of businesses shake in their shoes when it lems that audience face. comes to developing a guaran2. Develop a list to help your tee. But think about it; most prospect visualize using your small businesses have a built in guarantee. If someone ask for product. their money back, most small Answer the questions: "When business professionals will just will your prospect use your give their money back. They product?", "How will they use it," don't haggle over whether they "Why will they use it?" For exam- should or shouldn't. ple, if your new product was an ebook: will they read it on their 7. Gather your testimonials indesktop, laptop or will they print to one file. it out. Will they relax on the If you don't have any yet for a couch and read your insightful new product, use famous tips. Perhaps they will print quotes about your field until them and read on the way to you get some. Sprinkle throughout your copy. work or during lunch break

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Since I was writing about a fami- In the fertile soil of small groups, ly with a powerful father figure I word of mouth grows. That's knew a lot of people would con- what happened with "Divine Senect and see themselves in the crets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood". characters. What aspect of your It became a favorite for book groups, especially motherEver wonder how trends get book will draw people in? daughter book groups. Those started? As much as we'd like to groups sparked a word of mouth think that all trends are Madison 2. Be a Salesman wave that spread like wildfire.

Avenue creations propagated by the media, many times a move- Yes, be a salesman, but not in As Mr. Gladwell points out, ment is sparked by the action of the way you might think. I'm not "small, close-knit groups have a few. Then word of mouth talking about being "in your face" the power to magnify the epimakes it spread. Author Mal- like the stereotype of a used car demic potential of a message or colm Gladwell examines this salesman. As Mr. Gladwell idea". I explored this concept phenomenon in his 2000 book points out in his book, it's the with some success by contact"The Tipping Point". There's a little things that can persuade ing book groups across the chapter where he describes how others. For a writer, that "little country and offering to visit them this kind of movement by a few thing" is confidence and a strong if they read my novel. What groups powered Rebecca belief in one's work. I recently groups can you reach out to in Wells's 1996 novel, "Divine Se- spoke to a writer having a hard order to harness the power of crets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood", time feeling confident about her those circles? And how can you to surprising success. When I work. She's trying to get up the fan the flame of your message read that I sat up and took notice. courage to submit a manuscript so it will spread?

I realized I could use the same to agents and publishers but, as concepts to market my first nov- I said to her, "How can someone One Last Note: Why is all this el, "All I Need to Get By". You get behind publishing your book important? Well, if you've gone if you can't get behind it yourself?" through all the trouble to write can too! Here's how. and publish a book, your efforts won't stand up if you don't tell 1. Write Your Book So It's people the book is out there.

"Sticky" People are attracted to a person And the concepts offered by Mr. Don't compromise your artistic who stands for something, who Gladwell are so simple and orintegrity, but do ask yourself the believes in what they're doing. If ganic that you may find the hard question: how much will you can be that person, people whole marketing pill easier to your story appeal to others? will want to buy your book. swallow. So take it--it's good When a book is "sticky", it's easy They'll know you have some- medicine. to remember. The story stays thing to say. If you're dealing with people and they want to talk with low confidence, know that about it and tell others to read it. working on improving it is just as "Bridget Jones's Diary" is definite- important as improving your ly sticky. So is practically every- craft as a writer. After all, no one thing that Stephen King ever is going to champion your book wrote and all of the Harry Potter the way that you can. books. The topic doesn't have to be upbeat either. Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" was a 3. Use Small Groups To Spark sensation when it was published Your Big "Epidemic" despite its grim subject matter.

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The Best Ways to Increasing Your taken from the page itself. However, avoid very long strings of keywords, Search Engine Ranking keeping them to six words or less.

By A.G. Fredricks Avoid repeating keywords more than The methods employed to increase once in the title bars, and make sure your search engine rankings may that identical words are not next to seem like rocket science to you, so each other. you have probably avoided dealing with this issue. I am here to tell you - The next item to put under your microthe time has come to face your web- scope is your website content. Search site! A high search engine ranking for engines generally list sites that contain your website is so essential that if you quality content rather than scintillating have the slightest desire to actually graphics. The text on your site must succeed in your business, there is no contain the most important keywords, the words that potential customers will way you can continue to avoid this be typing into search engines to find issue. your site.

At least 85% of people looking for goods and services on the Internet Aim to have around 250 words on find websites through search engines each page, but if this is not desirable such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN. due to your design, aim for at least 100 The idea of optimizing your pages for carefully chosen words. If you want to high search engine rankings is to at- achieve a high ranking on search entract targeted customers to your site gines, this text is essential. However, who will be more than likely to make a the search engines must be able to purchase. The higher your page read the text, meaning that the text comes up in search engine results, must be in HTML and not graphic the greater the traffic that is directed format. to your website. That's what search To find out if your text is in HTML engine optimization is about. format, take your cursor and try to You can immerse yourself in all the highlight a word or two. If you are able technical information available online to do this, the text is HTML. If the text to figure out how to optimize your web will not highlight, it is probably in pages to achieve higher rankings. Or graphic form. In this case, ask your you can look at a few simple items on webmaster to change the text into your pages, make some small adjust- HTML format in order to increase your ments, and most likely see improved search engine rankings. rankings quite rapidly. The first item you should examine is the title bar on Next we come to what is called meta tags. I know this sounds like someyour homepage. thing out of science fiction, but it is The title bar is the colored bar at the really just simple code. Many people top of the page. Look at the words that believe that meta tags are the key to appear there when you access your high search engine rankings, but in home page. To increase search en- reality, they only have a limited effect. gine rankings, the words on your Still, it's worth adding them in the homepage's title bar should include event that a search engine will use the most important keywords or phras- meta tags in their ranking formula. es, one of which would include your To find out if your page is set up with company name. meta tags, you must access the code.

Then click on all your links and exam- To do this, click the "view" button on ine the title bars on the pages you the browser menu bar, and select access. Each title bar on every single "source." This will pull up a window page of your site should contain the revealing the underlying code that most important keywords and phrases created the page.

If there are meta tags, they usually appear near the top of the window.

For example, a meta tag would read: meta name="keywords" content=. If you do not find code that reads like this, ask your webmaster to put them in. This may not do much for your search engine rankings, but any little boost helps.

Lastly, we come to the issue of link popularity. This is a factor that is extremely important in terms of searchengine rankings. Almost all search engines use link popularity to rank your website. Link popularity is based on the quality of the sites you have linked to from your links page.

If you type in "free link popularity check" in a popular search engine, the search engine will then show you what sites are linked to your site. In the case that there aren't many sites linked up to yours, or that the sites that are linked up have low search engine rankings, consider launching a link popularity campaign. Essentially, this entails contacting quality sites and requesting that they exchange links with your site. Of course, this requires checking out the rankings of the websites you want to link up with.

Linking to popular, quality sites not only boosts your search engine ranking, but it also directs more quality traffic to your website.

Search engine rankings are extremely important for a successful Internet marketing campaign. Before you go out and hire a search engine optimization company, try taking some of the simple steps listed above, and see if you can't boost your rankings yourself.

Don't ever ignore this all-important factor in Internet marketing. Remember, the higher your search engine ranking, the more quality customers will be directed your way.

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